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Chess.com's Weekly Study: January 8th 2017

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DailyFun
Mar 13, 2017
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We will be posting a Weekly Study, courtesy of Yochanan Afek, Grandmaster for composing endgame studies. These challenging positions are designed to stimulate (and improve upon!) your creativity, depth of calculation, pattern recognition and pure imagination.

L. Silaev, 1978

Enjoy! 

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Cypts1
Mar 16, 2017
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#2

My god. Very difficult one for me

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Luke713
Mar 17, 2017
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#3

fp!

 

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Nehaabbas092536
Mar 17, 2017
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#4
Umm so difficult I think bishop can come on the side of the queen or king
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jason543
Mar 30, 2017
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#5

weekly puzzle!!!

 

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jason543
Mar 30, 2017
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#6

took 2 tries

 

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The_Chin_Of_Quinn
Mar 30, 2017
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Excellent. Looking forward to these.

My main line was the 1...Bd2+ line and after 3...Bb4 I thought it was hopeless so I gave up. The swing between a8 and h1 is a really neat idea.